It has been the source of some debate—where did the essence of the Raven go when Yadovír was killed? Some survivors of the wars for Vasyllia insist that, a few nights after the death of Yadovír, they saw the presence of the Raven hovering about a smithy in the first reach. Impossible to confirm now, of course, since that smithy no longer stands…
—From “A New History of the Covenant” by Dar-in-Exile Mirnían II
CHAPTER EIGHT
The CreationMirodara lay curled in a ball on the floor of his back room. She did not budge at his call. She shrank from his touch on her shoulder.
“What did they do to you?” he asked, shaking with the suppressed desire to kill everyone who would dare to so much as lay a hand on her.
She uncurled slowly, like a flower opening over the course of a long morning. Her ey
